Edgecombe Sanitarium

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Edgecombe Sanitarium
African American Doctors
Edgecombe Sanitarium
Geography
LocationHarlem, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°49′06″N73°56′48″W / 40.8184°N 73.9467°W / 40.8184; -73.9467
Organization
Care system Private
Services
Beds12
History
Opened1900s
Closed1900s
Links
Lists Hospitals in New York State
Other links Hospitals in Manhattan

Edgecombe Sanitarium was a private hospital run by African American doctors in Harlem, New York City. It served patients "of considerable means" [1] who did not want to be served at the primarily white staffed Harlem Hospital.

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Godfrey Nurse was one of the doctors who founded the hospital. The hospital had twelve beds. [1] It was started as the result of the Harlem Hospital having a primarily white staff. [2]

In 1925, the nearby Booker T. Washington Sanitarium was merged with Edgecombe. [2] In 1929, Edgecombe had treated 249 patients. Through fundraising, the hospital installed an x-ray machine. [3]

Gerri Major was part of its Woman's Auxiliary.

Notable patients

References

  1. 1 2 Building a Healthy Black Harlem. Cambria Press. ISBN   9781621969686 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Harlem's Hospitals". Digital Harlem Blog. May 31, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ W. Douglas Fisher; Joann H. Buckley (November 10, 2015). African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers. McFarland. p. 253. ISBN   978-1-4766-6315-9.
  4. ↑ Rudolph Fisher (November 3, 2008). The City of Refuge [New and Expanded Edition]: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher. University of Missouri Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-0-8262-6658-3.
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